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Table 2 PAF of cancer according to topography and potentially modifiable risk factors

From: Proportion of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in Peru

TOPOGRAPHY

PAF (%)

C.I. 95%

% TOTAL PAF

Mouth, pharynx (C00-C14)

   

 HPV Infection

8.1

6.5–9.8

 

 Current tobacco use

20.5

11.8–30.8

65.7

 Alcohol use

36.1

23.2–48.2

 

 Low fruit and vegetable consumption

1.1

0.1–2.2

 

Esophagus (C15)

   

 Current tobacco use

11

6.9–15.9

 

 Obesity

12.3

3.9–36.3

60.8

 Sedentary behavior

21.9

2.2–37.5

 

 Alcohol use

15.6

13.8–17.6

 

Stomach (C16)

   

Helicobacter pylori infection

46.4

18.6–65.9

 

 Current tobacco use

8.3

3.8–14.4

 

 Obesity

2.8

0.7–5.1

82.6

 Red meat consumption

18.9

10.2–18.2

 

 Processed meat consumption

6.2

1.0–11.5

 

Colorectal (C18-C21)

   

 Current tobacco use

2.1

1.1–3.1

 

 Sedentary behavior

18.5

8.3–27.1

 

 Alcohol use

4.1

2.1–6.3

 

 Obesity

4.1

2.4–6.1

53.6

 Overweight

7.4

0.1–15.1

 

 Red meat consumption

5.9

1.5–9.8

 

 Processed meat consumption as

5

2.4–7.8

 

 Low fruit and vegetable consumption

6.6

0.9–12.4

 

Liver (C22)

   

 Hepatitis B virus

32.4

30.2–34.6

 

 Hepatitis C virus

21.5

20.1–23.1

82.3

 Current tobacco use

5.7

3.8–6.6

 

 Obesity

16.6

10.2–23.3

 

 Overweight

6

0.8–11.4

 

Gallbladder (C23)

   

 Obesity

12.6

5.3–20.8

18.6

 Overweight

6

2.6–9.6

 

Pancreas (C25)

   

 Current tobacco use

7.3

6.1–8.4

 

 Alcohol use

7.2

4.7–9.6

21.8

 Obesity

7.2

3.1–11.7

 

Larynx (C32)

   

 HPV infection

22.1

10.9–37.0

85.6

 Current tobacco use

38.8

18.5–60.6

 

 Low fruit and vegetable consumption

24.7

14.4–33.2

 

Lung (C34)

   

 Current tobacco use

44.3

17.5–70.0

 

 Secondhand smoke

7.7

5.0–10.2

80.7

 Sedentary behavior

17

4.4–28.3

 

 Low fruit and vegetable consumption

11.7

4.3–19.3

 

Skin melanoma (C43)

   

 Ultraviolet radiation

25

20.7–29.4

25

Kaposi sarcoma (C46)

   

 HHV-8 infection

100

96.4–100.0

100

Breast (C50)

   

 Current tobacco use

9.2

1.2–25.8

 

 Secondhand smoke

5.6

2.1–9.0

 

 Obesity

8.5

6.3–10.8

41.8

 Overweight

6

3.6–8.5

 

 Sedentary behavior

12.5

2.5–21.7

 

Cervix (C53)

   

 HPV infection

100

96.4–100.0

100

Endometrium (C54.1)

   

 Obesity

28.4

22.3–34.7

58

 Overweight

10.6

5.6–15.6

 

 Sedentary behavior

19

6.3–30 − 8

 

Ovary (C56)

   

 Obesity

5.9

3.5–8.4

8.4

 Overweight

2.5

5.6–13.2

 

Penis (C60)

   

 HPV infection

75,0

45,6–88,5

75,0

Kidney (C64)

   

 Current tobacco use

4.6

2.7–6.5

36.2

 Obesity

16.9

13.3–20.4

 

 Overweight

14.8

11.4–18.0

 

Bladder (C67)

   

 Current tobacco use

20.8

18.0–23.6

27.9

 Obesity

16.9

13.3–20.4

 

 Overweight

14.8

11.4–18.0

 

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (C81)

   

 Epstein Barr virus

59.7

34.1–79.1

63.8

 HIV

0.7

0.2–1.9

 

 Current tobacco use

3.4

1.3–5.7

 

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (C82-C85, C96.3)

   

 Epstein Barr virus

68

39.1–84.5

69.6

 HIV

1

0.7–1.39

 

 hepatitis C virus

0.6

0.4–0.9

 

Leukemias (C91-C95)

   

 Current tobacco use

4.1

2.3–6.0

12.8

 Obesity

5.5

3.7–7.6

 

 Overweight

3.3

1.5–5.0